Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-05-05
AN INDUSTRY.
Richard Lofts Flour Mills Again
Running.

BrlQgetOn mas many luulStTleS Vi
which it may be proud, but among
the most reliable and steady are the
flour mills of Richard Lott. The mere
mention of the name of the proprietor
makes the place familiar to almost
everybody who reads this article, as
he and his flour have reputation
which spreads beyond the confines of
this city and goes all over Cumberland
county, and into other counties.
But what his flour has been in the
past, it is safe to say has nothing to do
with his flour of the future. Why?
Because in the past two months thou
sands of dollars have been expended
for the most improved machinery used
in the manufacture of flour. The time
was when flour made by the stones
was considered the only kind fit for
use, but now science and skill have SO
perfected machinery that the flour
manufactured by it is pure, fresh and
clean.
Richard Lott, the proprietor of the
Bridgeton flour mills, is a practical
miller, having been engaged at that
trade and in the business since he was
a lad ten years old. His early life was
spent in different places in South Jer-
sey, but afterwards he went West. He
came to this city in 1850, and rented
the flour mills of iona. Elmer, on
East Commerce street. Upon the death
of Mr.. Daniel P. Stratton, the builder
of Lofts mill, Mr.. Lott purchased it of
the heirs in 1859. Built in 1890, it was
found that the capacity of the mill was
not large enough, and it was rebuilt.
The dimensions of the present build
ing are 40x7O feet, stone basement, and
built of frame three stories high. Be-
side this, an engine and boiler rooms
have lust been built. Here for all
these years Mr.. Lott has carried on
the business, consuming about 10000
| bushels of grain per year. Trade has
increased, and although the mill has
been run night and day, it has been
impossible to keep up with the de-
mand, and the great changes now
completed were forced to be made.
Contracts were made for steam fix
lures with Cox & Sons, and the engine
and other machinery furnished are of
the finest specimens of their work. The
engine is an adjustable cutoff engine
of thirty-five horse power and has all
| the modern and convenient arrange
lnents lately produced by science.
| The engine was placed in position and
put in excellent working order by Mr.
| George Gillotte The steam fixtures
are so connected that the mill machin-
cry can be partially run with the old
time water power.
The machinery for the mill was fur
nished by Griscom & Co., and Nc
Feeley, of Philadelphia, and the mill
wright work was done under the
supervision of Mr.. Irwin ]. Greisemer,
| of Reading, Pa. The new machinery
| put in is as follows:-6 Butler double
rolls, 9 Prinz dust collectors, first
break aspirator, separator, single
aspirators, No. Silver Creek flour
dressers, feeder and mixer, 2 Butler
purifiers, 1 Smith purifier, Silver
Creek centrifugal, Silver Creek bran
duster, 1 trimmer, 1 Richmond brush
machine, Richmond flour packer.
| All of these machines and appliances
were necessary for the manufacture of
the -four. From the six pairs of double
rolls through all these does the wheat
go, separating the good from the bad,
until it comes from the purifiers, when
the flour is as clean and white as the
| driven snow-not lump or specl OF
anything impure in the product, only
flour, which in the hands of a baker
can be made into pure, light loaves OF
the best bread.
1t is impossible for one not a miller
to tell the processes the wheat goes
through before it reaches the purifiers,
but they are many. Through shoots
and pipes, up and down inclines, from
the first to the third floor does the
grain go on its journey to be made
into flour.
Mr., Lott on last September went out
in the West on the special excursion of
the Pennsylvania Association. Then
he went through all of the large mills
of Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and other
cities. On his arriving home he placed
his order with the above named firm
for the Butler rolls and boiling system,
consisting of the finest flour bolt and
the most recent and best boiling ar
rangement known, and it is claimed
that Mr.. Lofts mill will be the best for
quality and yield, in New Jersey. The
efforts of Mr.. Butler in fitting up this
mill with his rolls and system, is ex-
pected to eclipse any other efforts he
has made in his long experience in the
business, in this part of the country.
! He claims that the system inaugurated